Morarji Ranchhodji Desai

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Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the 4th Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1979, leading the first non-Congress government at the national level.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian independence activist
Indian politician
human
awardReceived Bharat Ratna NERFINISHED
Nishan-e-Pakistan NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath natural causes
child Kanti Desai NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1896-02-29
dateOfDeath 1995-04-10
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica NERFINISHED
educatedAt Wilson College, Mumbai NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Gujarati NERFINISHED
familyName Desai NERFINISHED
givenName Morarji NERFINISHED
headOfGovernmentOf India NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Pandit NERFINISHED
knownFor advocacy of prohibition of alcohol
austerity and personal integrity
languageSpoken English
Gujarati NERFINISHED
Hindi
livedIn Mumbai NERFINISHED
New Delhi NERFINISHED
memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress NERFINISHED
Janata Party NERFINISHED
movement Indian independence movement
name Morarji Ranchhodji Desai NERFINISHED
notableFor leading the first non-Congress government at the national level in India
numberOfChildren 5
occupation civil servant
politician
officeEndTime 1979-07-28
officeStartTime 1977-03-24
ordinalInOffice 4
parliamentaryConstituency Surat NERFINISHED
Valsad NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Bhadeli, Bombay Presidency, British India NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Mumbai, Maharashtra, India NERFINISHED
politicalIdeology Gandhian principles
positionHeld Chief Minister of Bombay State
Deputy Prime Minister of India NERFINISHED
Minister of Finance of India
Prime Minister of India
precededBy Indira Gandhi NERFINISHED
religion Hinduism
signature signature of Morarji Desai
spouse Gujraben Desai NERFINISHED
succeededBy Charan Singh NERFINISHED

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Janata Party primeMinisterFromParty Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
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Janata Party hadPrimeMinister Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
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Chaudhary Charan Singh precededBy Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
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Soli Sorabjee appointedBy Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
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Gujarat is considered a valuable and prominent state in Western India hasHistoricalFigure Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
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this entity surface form: Morarji Desai